Download PSIR & GS2 Daily Brief- 13-May – 2026 Today’s brief covers these important themes: C. Raja Mohan’s Indian Express article discusses five principles for India’s diplomacy in a changing world order. Prerna Gandhi’s article analysis the impact of West Asian conflict on energy, fertilizers, shipping, food security and India’s growth. Anupam Kumar’s VIF article […]

Download PSIR & GS2 Daily Brief- 12-May – 2026 Today’s brief covers these important themes: Kanti Bajpai’s Indian Express article analysis India’s strategic autonomy against pressure from China, the EU, Russia and the US. Kabir Taneja’s article in ORF focuses on Asian energy dependence on the Strait of Hormuz and yet no Asian security consensus. […]

Download PSIR & GS2 Daily Brief- 11-May – 2026 Today’s Brief covers these important themes: Hanan Morsy in her article in Project Syndicate analyses the impact of weak global financial system worsening the effect of Hormuz shock. Tejas Bharadwaj, Mudha Satpute in their article in The Hindu focuses on India and South Korea’s innovation for […]

Download PSIR & GS2 Daily Brief- 9 -May – 2026 Today’s Brief covers these themes: Avinash Verma and Ashok R Patil, in Deccan Herald talks about UCC as a test of gender justice and federal experimentation. Atul Kumar’s article in ORF focuses on the China-Pakistan axis as serious but not a full military alliance. The […]

Download PSIR & GS2 Daily Brief- 8 -May – 2026 Today’s brief covers these important themes: Shashi Tharoor’s “India’s New Globalization Raj” in Project Syndicate talks about India’s shift from an inward-looking economy to a globally engaged economy. Kartik Bommakanti and Rahul Rawat’s article in Observer Research Foundation focuses on the evolution of India’s military […]

Download PSIR & GS2 Daily Brief- 7 -May – 2026 Today’s brief covers these themes: Siddharth Sijoria in the article in Bar & Bench, explains how India’s basic structure doctrine has been included in Commonwealth constitutionalism. Syed Ata Hasnain in The Indian Express talks about Operation Sindoor as a lesson in calibrated force, escalation control […]

Download PSIR & GS2 Daily Brief- 6 -May – 2026 Today’s brief covers these important themes: Debak Das in ORF Middle East focuses on the end of nuclear arms control and its impact on the global non-proliferation order. Matthew Finkel in Foreign Affairs talks about Japan’s return to hard power and rise in its defence […]

Download PSIR & GS2 Daily Brief- 5 -May – 2026 Today’s brief covers these important themes: H. A. Hellyer in Foreign Affairs explains why the old Gulf security model is breaking and the Gulf is uneasy with an Israel-led regional order. Stephen M. Walt in Foreign Policy shows how Trump’s overuse of hard power is […]

Download PSIR & GS2 Daily Brief- 4 -May – 2026 Today’s brief covers these themes: Rudraditya Khare in Bar & Bench talks about how obstruction of ED investigations raises questions of rule of law, Article 32, Article 256 and cooperative federalism. Shana Tabak in Carnegie Endowment for International Peace analyses the ICJ’s 2025 climate advisory […]

Download PSIR & GS2 Daily Brief- 2 -May-2026 Today’s brief covers these themes: China-U.S. nuclear competition, an economic model for securing the Strait of Hormuz, and the changing geopolitics of the Gulf. Tong Zhao’s article focuses on deterrence, arms control and nuclear mistrust. The second article by Massoud Karshenas, Hashem Pesaran and Ron Smith talk […]